10 years to clear £334K - our FIRE journey

CCW007

That's a shame SH but they can be a nuisance in the bedroom! (cats in case anyone stumbles in at this point and hasn't read previous comments 😁)

Quiet day, listed a pair of Boss mens trousers on Vinted which I'm hoping will sell. Also got 30-odd watchers on the £25 dress but I listed it before and had 50+ watchers and no serious offers so not holding my breath!

Fire lit, had big lunch so won't need much for dinner tonight. Soup made during free electric using olio cauliflower and brie so virtually free. Will do for a couple of lunches.

Managed to run DW, TD, heated floor, charge car for an hour, had a shower and washed hair (need shower on high for that, use eco for general shower) and cooked breakfast all on free time so happy with that. 

savingholmes

How lovely on the free energy

CCW007

OH has been paid today, my payday is tomorrow so updating spreadsheets. Looks like we will be down to £1k debt Vs savings which will be great.

Front door and windows were fitted this week.  Can you spot the problem?

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CCW007

Fantastic couple of days off work. Went to a gig last night, a singer we have wanted to see for ages and she was amazing, so much so that whilst queueing to pay for the car park we booked tickets to see her again early next year and got brilliant seats which much have been a return as all other seats in that section were sold. 

Only downside was gig was 2 hours drive away and didn't finish until 11.00 (the band would have carried on but venue had a hard stop) so didn't get home until gone 1.00am.

Lazy start to the day then went to a NT site, had lunch and a couple of hours wandering round.  Home for hot chocolate now then off to another (more local thankfully!) gig tonight in a church which I'm thoroughly looking forward to.

Not much money saving in all that but it has reiterated two themes:

I want to retire as young as possible to enjoy days like today as soon as I can.

Planning for retirement can't be at the expense of enjoying experiences right now and they help keep me motivated when work is stressful!

KajiKita

The ventilation cover is too close to the inside frame to be possible to open it? 

Yes, those days sound amazing and I completely agree with both your thoughts 😊

KK

savingholmes

The gig sounds amazing. 

Aside from the window issue - is the rest of your doing up your house finished now or do you have further projects planned?

CCW007

The photos are not great quality but the glass is back to front so green frames outside have white Georgian bar showing and white frames inside have green Georgian bar. Trouble is they can't just swap the glass round as the frosting is on the wrong side as well.  

@SH, still a fair bit to do.  We want to convert the downstairs toilet into a wet room and refurb the utility room, then replace all the rest of the windows in the house.  The conservatory is falling down so needs replacing.  Lastly it's rewire and decorate the three bedrooms.

savingholmes

Sorry - that sounds really frustrating on the windows. 

You are making me feel better about the spends on my house. Sounds like you have a lot to do too. Just sadly where I live if I spend much more I'm unlikely to recoup it... 

CCW007

Spent the afternoon with my ex colleague and soon to be new colleague who joins my team in January and it has energised me to know I will soon have someone I can rely on and bounce things off. 

I have some great members in my team but they are all quite inexperienced so it will be so good to have someone bringing their own ideas.

£10 Vinted sale paid off mortgage. 

CCW007

Non working day, very productive so far. Two fans boxed up to go into loft, lots of tidying and sorting. Soup made with remaining half a BNS and some squishy red peppers with a 3 year OOD tin of coconut milk.

Still left to do:

Change the bed and put electric blanket on
Clean the litter trays
Clean and swap water fountains
Move old TV to bedroom
Box up MM items and book collection 

OH has started process to apply for 9-day fortnight which would be great.